# 2010 in Armenian football

The following article presents a summary of the 2010 football (soccer) season in Armenia, which was the 19th season of competitive football in the country.

## National teams
### Armenia

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Armenia scorer(s) | Report |
| Friendly matches ||||||
| 3 March 2010 | Antalya Atatürk Stadium, Antalya (N) | Belarus | 1–3 | Pachajyan | FFA.am |
| 25 May 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Uzbekistan | 3–1 | Mkhitaryan, Manucharyan (2) | FFA.am |
| 11 August 2010 | Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Iran | 1–3 | Mkrtchyan | FFA.am |
| UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying ||||||
| 3 September 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | | UEFA.com |
| 7 September 2010 | Philip II Arena, Skopje (A) | Macedonia | 2–2 | Movsisyan, Manucharyan | UEFA.com |
| 8 October 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Slovakia | 3–1 | Movsisyan, Ghazaryan, Mkhitaryan | UEFA.com |
| 12 October 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Andorra | 4–0 | Ghazaryan, Mkhitaryan, Movsisyan, Pizzelli | UEFA.com |

### Armenia U21

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Armenia scorer(s) | Report |
| 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification - Group stage ||||||
| 3 March 2010 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin (A) | Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Hayrapetyan, Ghazaryan | UEFA.com |
| 20 May 2010 | Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn (A) | Estonia | 3–2 | Ghazaryan (2), Manoyan | UEFA.com |
| 11 August 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Georgia | 2–3 | Mkhitaryan, Poghosyan | UEFA.com |
| 11 November 2011 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi (A) | Georgia | 2–0 | Dashyan, Poghosyan | UEFA.com |

### Armenia U19

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Armenia scorer(s) | Report |
| 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualifying round ||||||
| 19 October 2010 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė (A) | Israel | 0–3 | | UEFA.com |
| 21 October 2010 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė (A) | Spain | 0–3 | | UEFA.com |
| 23 October 2010 | Marijampolė Stadium, Marijampolė (A) | Lithuania | 1–0 | H. Hovhannisyan | UEFA.com |

### Armenia U17

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Armenia scorer(s) | Report |
| 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualifying round ||||||
| 22 September 2010 | KR-völlur, Reykjavík (A) | Turkey | 0–3 | | UEFA.com |
| 24 September 2010 | Akranesvöllur, Akranes (A) | Czech Republic | 1–1 | Papikyan | UEFA.com |
| 27 September 2010 | Keflavíkurvöllur, Keflavik (A) | Iceland | 1–2 | Minasyan | UEFA.com |

## League tables
### Premier League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Banants | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ulisses | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Mika | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Impulse | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 37 | |
| 6 | Gandzasar Kapan | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 27 | |
| 7 | Kilikia | 28 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 60 | −41 | 15 | Team disbanded after the season |
| 8 | Shirak | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 68 | −46 | 10 | |
* ↑ Winners of 2011 Armenian Cup.
* ↑ Kilikia decided not to participate in 2011 Armenian Premier League competition, citing financial difficulties as a reason.
* ↑ Executive committee of the Football Federation of Armenia decided to allow Shirak to participate in the Premier League next season despite the fact that FC Shirak took the last place in the tournament and was supposed to leave it.

### First League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Ararat Yerevan | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 55 | Promotion to Armenian Premier League |
| 2 | Banants-2 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 50 | |
| 3 | Pyunik-2 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 52 | 20 | +32 | 50 | |
| 4 | Gandzasar-2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 44 | |
| 5 | Shengavit | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Mika-2 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 26 | |
| 7 | Impuls-2 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 19 | |
| 8 | Pyunik-3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 18 | |
| 9 | Shirak-2 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 57 | −39 | 14 | |

## Armenian clubs in Europe
### Summary

| Club | Competition | Final round |
| Pyunik | UEFA Champions League | Second qualifying round |
| Mika | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round |
| Banants | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round |
| Ulisses | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round |

### Pyunik

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Pyunik scorer(s) | Report |
| 2010–11 Champions League - Second qualifying round ||||||
| 14 July 2010 | Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade (A) | Partizan | 1–3 | Yedigaryan | UEFA.com |
| 21 July 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Partizan | 0–1 | | UEFA.com |

### Mika

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Report |
| 2010–11 Europa League - Second qualifying round ||||||
| 15 July 2010 | Philip II Arena, Skopje (A) | Rabotnički | 0–1 | UEFA.com |
| 22 July 2010 | Mika Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Rabotnički | 0–0 | UEFA.com |

### Banants

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Report |
| 2010–11 Europa League - First qualifying round ||||||
| 1 July 2010 | Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca (A) | Anorthosis | 0–3 | UEFA.com |
| 8 July 2010 | Republican Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Anorthosis | 0–1 | UEFA.com |

### Ulisses

| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Report |
| 2010–11 Europa League - First qualifying round ||||||
| 1 July 2010 | Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan (H) | Bnei Yehuda | 0–0 | UEFA.com |
| 8 July 2010 | Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv (A) | Bnei Yehuda | 0–1 | UEFA.com |